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SAN ESTERS CORPORATION
• SPECIALTY MONOMERS
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SAN ESTERS CORPORATION
• San Esters was formed in 1989
• Joint venture of Mitsubishi Chemical
America, Osaka Organic Chemical and
Kowa American
• Sells and markets a wide variety of
Acrylate, Methacrylate, and Acrylamide
Monomers in North America
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SAN ESTERS CORPORATION
• Our name is derived from “San” the Japanese word for the number three, representing the 3 owners; Mitsubishi Rayon (50%), Osaka Organic Chemicals (40%) and Kowa American Corp. (10%)
• “Esters” which is the predominant chemical structure of our monomers
• 1-800-3ESTERS (1-800-337-8377)
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Mitsubishi Rayon America
• Mitsubishi Chemical America is the US
subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
(MCC), formerly Mitsubishi Rayon Corp.
• MCC is a large petrochemical, synthetic
fiber and plastics producer founded in 1933 to
originally produce rayon fiber
• Largest producer of Methyl Methacrylate
(MMA) in the world using Acetone
Cyanohydrin Synthesis, Isobutylene (C4)
Oxidation, and now ethylene based ALPHA
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Mitsubishi Chemical America• MMA is produced in large amounts in
facories in Europe, Asia and the USA
• MCC purchased Lucite International in 2009, almost doubling their MMA capacity
• Lucite acquisition also involved obtaining Lucite’s new proprietary Alpha technology using ethylene as a low cost raw material.
• MCC has MMA production in Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, and Europe.
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San Esters & Mitsubishi Chemical
• Mitsubishi Chemical is a major world
manufacturer of specialty methacrylate
esters derived from both MMA & MAA
• San Esters has been supplying these
specialty monomers into the USA coatings,
adhesives and specialty chemical industries
• MMA, Methacrylic Acid (MAA), Butyl
Methacrylate (BMA), EHMA and Ethyl
Methacrylate are handled by our sister
company, Lucite in the USA
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San Esters & Mitsubishi Chemical
• Major Specialty Methacrylates include:
– Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA)
– Allyl Methacrylate (AMA)
– Isobornyl Methacrylate (IBXMA)
– tert-Butyl Methacrylate (tBMA)
– Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate (HEMA)
– Cyclohexyl Methacrylate (CHMA)
– Stearyl Methacrylate (SMA)
– and approximately 40 additional monomers
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Glycidyl Methacrylate
H2C = C C
CH3
O
O CH2 CH
CH2
O
• Glycidyl Methacrylate is a unique monomer that allows
chemists the ability to put Oxirane or Epoxy Groups into
acrylic resins, thereby allowing a variety of further
crosslinking or curing reactions
– Purity 98% min.
– Tg 46 °C
– Corrosive Liquid
– Available in drums or bulk trucks
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tert-Butyl Methacrylate (TBMA)
• High Tg monomer (107°C) similar to MMA
(105°C), but with substantially better
solubility parameter for higher solids content,
lower viscosity resins and better compatibility
with “leaner” oxygenated solvents
• Imparts dramatic UV and moisture resistance
to resins for superior gloss retention
• Please see our TBMA technical brochure in
download section for complete details
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Isobornyl Methacrylate (IBXMA)
• Isobornyl Methacrylate is a high Tg (glass transition temp.)
Monomer useful in imparting hard toughness into acrylic
resins
• Low color (10 APHA) and no phenothiazine inhibitor (a
potent color former) allows its use in clear hardcoats
• A variety of Tg have been reported from 111 °C - 175 °C
• Relatively non-toxic and non-corrosive
CH2 = C - C - O
CH3
O
CH3 CH3
CH3
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Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate (HEMA)
• HEMA is a water soluble monomer that can be used to
impart Hydrophilicity into acrylic resins. Water soluble
resins can be prepared or alternatively Hydrogels such as
those for soft contact lenses.
• HEMA can be used in solvent borne and water borne
coatings.
• We have a special low acidity monomer (Typically 0.01%)
– Purity 97% min. Tg 55 °C
– Non-corrosive and non-toxic monomer
– available in drums or bulk
CH2 = C - C - O - CH2 - CH2 - OH
CH3
O
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Allyl Methacrylate (AMA)
• Allyl Methacrylate can be polymerized into acrylic resins
by group transfer polymerizations or other polymerization
schemes that selectively polymerize the methacrylate
double bond while leaving the Allyl group alone.
• Can be used as a crosslinking monomer for a variety of
acrylic and vinyl resins.
• AMA is available in bulk or drums and is considered toxic
by all routes of entry (also flammable)
• Tg is 52 °C and purity is typically 99.9%
H2C = C C
CH3
O
O CH2 CH
CH2
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Osaka Organic Chemicals• Osaka Organic Chemicals (OOC) was
established in 1941 originally for the
manufacture of synthetic fragrances and
specialty chemicals
• Produce a wide variety of specialty
chemicals, solvents, photoresists, coating
resins and hair care resins
• OOC is a high technology company with
over 20% of staff involved in research and
development
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San Esters & Osaka Organic• OOC’s largest product line is acrylate
monomers, which San Esters offers into the
US market as a natural complement to
MRC’s Methacrylates
– Isobornyl Acrylate (IBXA)
– 4-Hydroxybutyl Acrylate (4HBA)
– Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol
Monoacrylate (MPEG Acrylate)
– Stearyl Acrylate (STA)
– Polybutadiene Diacrylate (BAC-45)
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San Esters & Osaka Organic– tert-Butyl Acrylate (tBA)
– 2-Hydroxyethyl Acrylate (HEA)
– 2-Ethoxyethyl Acrylate (2ETA)
– Pentaerythritol Triacrylate (PET3A)
– Phthalic Acid & other acid function
acrylates
– Fluorinated Acrylates and Methacrylates
– Over 100 different acrylate and
methacrylate monomers
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CH2 = C - C - O
O
HCH3
CH3 CH3
ISOBORNYL ACRYLATE
(IBXA)
Primarily used as a diluent monomer in radiation curable
formulations to increase abrasion resistance, gloss and hardness
IBXA is a low viscosity (2.6 cps), High Tg (94 deg °C) monomer
Useful in conventional coating and adhesive resins for increasing
Tg where methacrylate monomers are not reactive enough
Low color (< 30 APHA) and no phenothiazine (PTZ) present
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OCH2 = C - C - O - CH2
O
H
TETRAHYDROFURFURYL
ACRYLATE (THFA)
*Low viscosity (2.8 cps) Cyclic Ether functional Diluent monomer
with excellent solvency with other monomers and oligomers
*Has moderate Tg (-12 deg °C) compared to ethylene glycol ether
based monomers
*Highest purity (> 97%) available commercially worldwide, also
results in a lower irritation index compared to competitors. Draize or
primary irritation Index (P.I.I) of 5.0 for moderate irritation allows its
in UV curable formulations
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CH2 = C - C - O - CH2CH2 - O - CH2CH2 - O - CH2CH3
O
H
ETHOXYETHOXY-ETHYL
ACRYLATE (EEEA)
Low visocosity (2.9 cps) , Low Tg (-67 deg °C) diluent
monomer. Highest purity (over 97%) commercially available
Low color and excellent wetting properties with various
substrates and co-monomers.
A variety of other glycol Ether monomers also available
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CH2 = C - C - O - CH2CH2 - O
O
H
PHENOXYETHYL
ACRYLATE (PEA)
Aromatic diluent monomer for uv/eb curing applications
Low viscosity (3.3 cps) and low Tg (-22 deg °C)
monomer
More compatible with hydrophobic and/or organophilic
resins and monomers than other ether functional diluent
monomers
Highest purity ( > 98%) available commercially
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CH2 = C - C - O - CH2CH2CH2CH2 - OH
O
H
4-HYDROXYBUTYL
ACRYLATE (4HBA)
ALSO KNOWN AS 1,4-BUTANEDIOL MONOACRYLATE
LOW Tg HYDROXY MONOMER (-32 DEG °C) FOR INCREASED
FLEXIBILITY AND SOFTNESS. CHAIN LENGTH OF PENDANT
HYDROXY GROUP IN 4HBA IS ALMOST TWICE THAT OF HEA/HPA
LOW DIACRYLATE CONTENT (< .5%) PREVENTS UNWANTED
GELATION, VISCOSITY INCREASES OR CROSSLINKING
HYDROXY ACRYLATE CAN BE USED AS IS IN UV/EB CURING
FORMULATIONS (DRAIZE OR P.I.I.= 3.0) OR TO END CAP SPECIALTY
URETHANE OLIGOMERS
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Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol
Monoacrylate (MPEG 400 Acrylate or MPEG550 Acrylate)
• These monomers impart a Hydrophilic Polyethylene
Glycol chain onto acrylic polymers with a low Diacrylate
content.
• High Diacrylate content can lead to gelation or unwanted
crosslinking.
• Useful for waterborne coatings and adhesives with two
molecular weights to choose from: 550 or 400
CH2 = C - C
O
H
O - CH2 - CH2
n
O - CH3
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Stearyl Acrylate (STA)
• Stearyl Acrylate is a soft waxy monomer used to impart
hydrophobicity into acrylic or other resins
• The monomer melts around 30°C, so normally users would
have to melt the monomer from the drums to use
• Our product is almost exclusively the C18 Ester (97%
min.) with lesser amounts of C16 (1.5% max) and C20
(1.0% max) Esters.
• Useful in hydrophobic coatings (conventional and
radcure), textile treatments, and release coatings
O=
CH3- (CH 2)17 - O - C - CH = CH 2
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Polybutadiene Diacrylate (BAC-45)
• BAC-45 is a specialty Oligomer that can impart both
Elastomeric and Hydrophobicity into polymer systems.
• Molecular weight is around 3,000 and is available as a
clear viscous liquid.
• Non-hazardous and TSCA listed
O
OO
O
n
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1,9-Nonanediol Diacrylate
(Viscoat 260)
H2C = C C
H
O
O (CH2)9 C
H
CH2O C
O
• Viscoat 260 is a new monomer that is now on TSCA
• Low shrinkage and excellent crosslinking ability
• Low irritancy monomer (P.I.I. = 2.0) to replace 1,6-Hexanediol Diacrylate (HDDA) in UV formulations
• Low viscosity (21 mPa*s @ 25º C) for use as a diluent monomer
• Resins have excellent water resistance and good flexibility
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New & Specialty Monomers
• These monomer in the slide show are our most
popular monomers sold in the USA
• San Esters Corp. and our sister company Kowa
American have access to hundreds of acrylate,
methacrylate & acrylamide monomers
• Please call us if you are looking for a particular
monomer or physical properties in a monomer
or finished resin/oligomer
• Custom synthesis inquiries welcome